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‘Supermajority’ podcast named Peabody Award nominee

WPLN Staff

April 15, 2025

Judges selected the Supermajority podcast as a prestigious Peabody Award nominee, representing the best storytelling in broadcast and digital media in 2024. The special series from NPR’s Embedded is hosted by WPLN’s Meribah Knight.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Awards, supermajority

Supermajority podcast honored by National Press Foundation

WPLN Staff

February 19, 2025

A panel of judges with the National Press Foundation has selected WPLN Senior Reporter Meribah Knight and the “Supermajority” podcast to receive the inaugural Reporting on Women in Politics Award.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Awards, supermajority

A Covenant mom reflects on election ‘déjà vu’

Meribah Knight

December 30, 2024

In the wake of the presidential election, the dynamics at the Tennessee State Capitol captured in the “Supermajority” podcast have taken on new meaning. “I don’t know where I belong,” says Melissa Alexander, “and I think a lot of America, maybe, feels the same way.”   

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 2024 Year in Review, Covenant School, Melissa Alexander, supermajority

Checking in with the Covenant moms from Embedded: Supermajority

Katherine Ceicys

August 14, 2024

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The NPR series Embedded: Supermajority follows three Covenant moms, as they advocated for gun reform at the state legislature in the year after the attack on their children’s school.

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: supermajority

NashVillager Podcast: The Oracle wheels sure turn slowly

Nina Cardona

July 5, 2024

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When will construction get underway on the Oracle campus? Plus the local news for July 5, 2024.

Filed Under: NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: Business, Oracle, supermajority

Supermajority podcast, from WPLN and NPR’s Embedded, tackles single-party rule

WPLN Staff

June 17, 2024

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Supermajority is a new podcast from NPR’s Embedded, in partnership with Nashville Public Radio. Host Meribah Knight has been following three conservative moms in Tennessee over the course of a year as they learn to navigate their Republican-controlled state legislature.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, Covenant School, NPR, podcasts, special session, supermajority

NashVillager Podcast: Tennessee’s fracturing GOP leadership

Nina Cardona

April 25, 2024

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How did Governor Lee’s signature measures fail in a legislature controlled by his own party? Plus your local newscast for April 25, 2024.

Filed Under: Education, NashVillager Podcast, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Bill Lee, republicans, school vouchers, supermajority

Dr. Jason Martin, Democratic candidate for governor, answers voter questions on education, Bill Lee’s record, and using pardon power to protect abortion providers

Julia Ritchey

November 3, 2022

Dr Jason Martin, Democratic candidate for Tennessee governor

Dr. Jason Martin, Democratic candidate for governor, appeared on WPLN’s daily show “This is Nashville” on Thursday to answer voter questions, including on the state’s all-out abortion ban.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Abortion, charter schools, election 2022, Gov. Bill Lee, governor's race, gubernatorial race, Jason Martin, supermajority, Tennessee Politics, This Is Nashville, Voters

Super Majority Could Expose Old Divisions

Blake Farmer

November 5, 2012

A GOP supermajority in the state house may not be all its cracked up to be. Republican Governor Bill Haslam sees two sides in controlling so much of the General Assembly.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 2012election, 2012state, supermajority

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